Can you comment on why you like VMWare more? I have been a longtime Fusion user, but with the 2012 MBP, I'm having some USB issues which are not there in Parallels or Bootcamp (a dongle for connecting to my car no longer works, which is one of my main reasons for running Windows at all). I've taken it up with Fusion support, but their product definitely took a hit in my book.
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BootCamp or VMWare/Parallels?
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Can you comment on why you like VMWare more? I have been a longtime Fusion user, but with the 2012 MBP, I'm having some USB issues which are not there in Parallels or Bootcamp (a dongle for connecting to my car no longer works, which is one of my main reasons for running Windows at all). I've taken it up with Fusion support, but their product definitely took a hit in my book.
Well can't burn easily with the new MacBook Pro LOL! I guess I will consider Nuking it. I always thought iTunes was more comprehensive than Amazon. I prefer the ease of Amazon though.
Isn't m4a meant to be better than mp3? Not sure ...
I heard VMWare is better for business environments, Parallels has pretty good 3D performance though.
I ran 3dMark06 on my 2010 13" MacBook Pro through Parallels, scored 3002, compared to 4700 in Boot Camp. But I play NHL 09 and it runs at 30+ FPS.
http://3dmark.com/3dm06/16772191
I ran 3dMark06 on my 2010 13" MacBook Pro through Parallels, scored 3002, compared to 4700 in Boot Camp. But I play NHL 09 and it runs at 30+ FPS.
http://3dmark.com/3dm06/16772191
My quick 2 cents....
Using a boot camp partition with parallels. Love using it, and it works really well for me for my business needs. I haven't crashed it, and it is extremely stable. Have installed all sorts of software and hardware with no compatibility issues. Very fast and love the interface.
That being said I haven't used Fusion but after my research and experience I haven't had the need to try it.
Parallels does everything I need.
Good luck with your decision.
Using a boot camp partition with parallels. Love using it, and it works really well for me for my business needs. I haven't crashed it, and it is extremely stable. Have installed all sorts of software and hardware with no compatibility issues. Very fast and love the interface.
That being said I haven't used Fusion but after my research and experience I haven't had the need to try it.
Parallels does everything I need.
Good luck with your decision.
I didn't read all the posts, so someone may have already posted this.
Whatever you choose, you should start with Bootcamp installation. Then you can use Parallels to point to the Bootcamp partition for virtualization and if you need full system resources, you can always boot into Bootcamp. This method works rather well.
The problem with running a VM like Parallels on the rMBP is that the display looks awful. It doesn't look crisp and clear like OSX does on the rMBP. Hopefully, this will get updated by Parallels in the near future. In Bootcamp, you can set the res to full (2880 x 1800) and then set the custom DPI to 200% and it will look perfect, just like OSX does. BUT, only the MS software looks good (Windows, Office and IE). Third party apps look fuzzy because they have not (yet) been updated by the software developers to support the Retina display.
Whatever you choose, you should start with Bootcamp installation. Then you can use Parallels to point to the Bootcamp partition for virtualization and if you need full system resources, you can always boot into Bootcamp. This method works rather well.
The problem with running a VM like Parallels on the rMBP is that the display looks awful. It doesn't look crisp and clear like OSX does on the rMBP. Hopefully, this will get updated by Parallels in the near future. In Bootcamp, you can set the res to full (2880 x 1800) and then set the custom DPI to 200% and it will look perfect, just like OSX does. BUT, only the MS software looks good (Windows, Office and IE). Third party apps look fuzzy because they have not (yet) been updated by the software developers to support the Retina display.
Sure. USB is very tricky to program since everytime you connect a USB device, it randomly picks an address. So it is difficult for the virtual software to code something that is dynamic. The vendors are working toward a better solutuion but it requires many vendor's help like Microsoft.
I like Vmware because it lets me transfer VM server over easily from Vcenter to Fusion. I find the tools from Vmware better over Parrallel.
I also hate all the fancy stuff like those (whatever they call) integration between applications. Like you can launch Bootcamp Word in MacOS and it launches transparently in MAc. I hate those. All I want is to launch a virtual session so I can run my IIS or Sharepoint to test stuff. I know, you can turn it off.
Mainly the integration from my work to my Fusion over Parallel.
I noticed this too and was hoping there's a fix. It looks like the generic Parallels driver is used for the video adapter instead of an nVidia driver showing up when in Boot Camp.